Patricia Richardson shares rare Home Improvement photo

Patricia Richardson, who played the matriarch on the hit 1990s sitcom "Home Improvement," shared a rare reunion photo with two of her former onscreen sons on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. The image, posted to Instagram, features Richardson smiling alongside actors Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Taran Noah Smith, delighting fans of the long-concluded series.

The photo marks a significant public sighting of Thomas, now 44, who largely stepped away from acting in the early 2000s. Smith, 42, has also been absent from the entertainment industry for decades. Richardson captioned the post "My other boys," a nod to her three real-life adult children. Both Thomas and Smith have pursued lives outside of Hollywood since the show ended in 1999.

Thomas, a major teen idol of the 1990s, played Randy Taylor for most of the show's eight-season run. He left the series before its final season to focus on his education, eventually attending Harvard University. He later explained that after working nonstop since childhood, he wanted to travel and experience life as a student. Following his studies, he shifted his focus to writing and directing, making only a handful of acting appearances, including a guest...